** Shares of Australian uranium miners Paladin Energy PDN.AX, Boss Energy BOE.AX and Deep Yellow DYL.AX rise between 4.7% and 6.9%
** Tech giant Meta META.O inks a deal with Constellation Energy CEG.O to keep one of the utility's reactors in Illinois operating for 20 years
** Uranium, a key fuel for nuclear reactors, is seeing rising demand due to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and energy-hungry data centers
** PDN stock among top gainers in the benchmark ASX200 index .AXJO
** PDN, BOE, DYL mark their biggest intraday percentage gain since May 26
** YTD, BOE up 56%, DYL up over 12%, PDN down 22%, including the day's move
(Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Rajasik.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com))